Calavo (CVGW) Reports Earnings Tomorrow: What To Expect

Fresh produce company Calavo Growers (NASDAQ:CVGW) will be reporting earnings this Thursday after the bell. Here’s what to expect.

Calavo missed analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $124.7 million, down 26.6% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ revenue estimates and a significant miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

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This quarter, the market is expecting Calavo’s revenue to decline 24.6% year on year, a reversal from the 21% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Calavo has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates multiple times over the last two years.

Looking at Calavo’s peers in the perishable food segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Fresh Del Monte Produce posted flat year-on-year revenue, beating analysts’ expectations by 0.7%, and Flowers Foods reported revenues up 11%, in line with consensus estimates. Fresh Del Monte Produce traded up 5% following the results while Flowers Foods was down 8.7%.

Read our full analysis of Fresh Del Monte Produce’s results here and Flowers Foods’s results here.

Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the perishable food stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 4.8% on average over the last month. Calavo is up 1.3% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $27 (compared to the current share price of $25.37).

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